Kobby Appiah
Co-Chair, Student Experience Committee, Board Of Trustees at Shipt
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolKobby Appiah is a technology leader with 13 years of experience building web and mobile products, leading engineering teams, and shipping interactive installations and games. Currently a Senior Engineering Manager at Shipt, he oversees the mobile shopping and browsing experience while mentoring engineers and driving technical initiatives that improve member basket building. He serves on the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, recently stepping into the Co-Chair role for the Student Experience Committee, reflecting a strong commitment to education and design-led technology. Kobby’s background blends creative coding and hands-on development (from JS, HTML/CSS and server-side work to P5.js and interactive installations) with strategic leadership, making him equally fluent with product, UX, and cross-functional collaboration. An adjunct teaching stint and leadership training point to a knack for translating technical concepts to learners and stakeholders beyond engineering.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts Web and Multimedia Environments, Bachelor of Fine Arts Web and Multimedia Environments at Minneapolis College of Art and DesignFoundational Leadership Course, Foundational Leadership Course at Stagen Leadership Academy
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Github Skills (10)
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mobile6
html6
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javascript6
android6
jquery6
documentation6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
KobbyA/ProgressiveImageLoader
Feb 2014 - Mar 2021
Contributions:8 commits, 1 push in 7 years 2 months
SavePointMN/conops-porta
May 2021 - Aug 2021
ConOps is a convention operations hub built for the 2D Con organization. Version Porta adds volunteer management features.
Contributions:12 PRs, 28 pushes, 16 branches in 2 months
convolunteer-managementvolunteerconventionporta
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